This Month
The day everything changed for Young Rich Lister Tash Oakley
For the 33-year-old who made her millions in swimsuits and Pilates, her business was literally her body, then suddenly it simply couldn’t take it any more.
- Lucy Dean
The under-the-radar watch brands worth your time
Can’t get your hands on a Rolex, Patek Philippe or Audemars Piguet? Try one of these lesser-known timepieces as your next must-have.
- Bani McSpedden
Why Permira got cold feet over Golden Goose IPO
After more than 10 months of preparation, the Italian footwear brand was seeking to raise about $966 million in a Milan listing as early as Friday. Then something went wrong.
- Silvia Sciorilli Borrelli, Ivan Levingston and Kaye Wiggins
A $220 pair of thongs – and seven other luxurious items to consider
From pieces that will make your home pop to fun Euro-summer fashion accessories, we have ways to make you spend.
- Eugenie Kelly
- Opinion
- AFR Magazine
Instagram and TikTok are threatened, so fashion is switching channels
Snap, Pinterest and Substack are poised to pick up where other social media platforms once dominated.
- Lauren Sams
Her perfumes cost up to $30k. Now they’re for sale in Australia
Lyn Harris is one of the world’s most celebrated noses. How does that even happen?
- Lauren Sams
France has a plan to end fast fashion – now Australia does too
As cheap clothing clogs landfill, the fix is in: tax it.
- Lauren Sams
Come to our wedding – and here’s a mood board for what to wear
Weddings today are designed within an inch of their lives, as one top planner put it. And that means you obviously cannot attend in random attire, however well-presented.
- Praachi Raniwala
Beauty-brand founders who started their careers in banking
Four successful women tell how they developed their skills at companies like Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan before starting their own businesses.
- Lauren Sams
How to select a scent, by a perfume world master
Estee Lauder bought his company in 2015, but Frédéric Malle keeps evolving. Now he’s forged an alliance with Acne Studios.
- Joanne Tran
This woman knows exactly what you should wear with your Birkin
Nadège Vanhee has re-energised women’s ready-to-wear while still honouring her fashion house’s classically elegant heritage.
- Lauren Sams
A robe to keep you swimming on cold days plus seven other winter luxuries
This week’s edits of little luxuries also include limited-edition sweaters and surfboards – and a watch dripping in lab-grown diamonds. Enjoy our inspired suggestions for you.
- Eugenie Kelly
Orlebar Brown and La DoubleJ are taking a holiday – together
The two resortwear brands are a match made in sunshine-soaked heaven – and they’re ready to fill your Euro summer closet.
- Lauren Sams
Better than the real thing? How beauty dupe culture took over
Social media and young people hungry for luxurious cosmetics have led to a boom in cheap versions of expensive products. Companies are cashing in on the trend.
- Lauren Sams
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Emma Lewisham wants to fix your skin problems (and help the planet)
The founder of the eponymous skincare brand left the tech world to create sustainable solutions, rather than just more beauty products.
- Lauren Sams
Retail’s secret solution to the problem of endless returns
“Just keep it” refunds are now common in the United States, where the annual retail value of wrong-sized or unwanted goods is almost $US1 trillion.
- Joe Miller
This week’s edit of little luxuries for eco-conscious consumers
From an app to help you navigate sustainability claims, to a Bottega Veneta bag to treasure for ever, we have inspired suggestions for you.
- Eugenie Kelly
Rupert Murdoch’s surprising choice of wedding footwear
The internet can’t decide if it was a power play or just a practical choice for a man of his age.
- Guy Trebay
Fashion brand Assembly Label’s founders seek payday after 13 years
KPMG’s banker has offered up ways for a new owner to make Assembly Label’s already sticky customer base even stickier.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
This Tasmanian mill survived world wars and doonas. Can it go global?
It was founded in 1874 when Australia was the largest producer of wool on the planet. Today the team at Waverley Mills has big plans for a sustainable future.
- Glynis Traill-Nash
